Apparatus for incinerating refuse material.



T. E. WASLEY.

APPARATUS FOR INOINERATING REFUSE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1911. V

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APPARATUS FOR INGINERATING REFUSE MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16,

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITED stra'rns ATENToFu cn THOMAS E. WnsLEY, or SAN Josn; CALIFORNIA.

APPARATUS'FOR INCINERATING REFUSE MATERIAL.

Be' it known that I, 'Inouas E. W.-xsi.ur,a' citizen of the United States, and a residentof San Jose, county of Santa Clara, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .pparatus for Incinerating Refuse Matfi'ial, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an apparatus for reducing and destroying refuse material and for collecting the products of reduction and combustion. i

The object of the invention is to provide an incinerator plant in which the products of reduction and combustion are segregated and collected.

Another object of the invention is to provide a plant in which the products of combustion are thrown down and not'allowed to escape into the atmosphere.

7 A further object of the invention is to provide-a plantin which the: water vapor and volatile matter is driven off from the material before it enters the incinerator proper.

Heretofore, as far as I am aware, in the operation of incinerator plants, the refuse material has been deposited directly into thc incinerator and the products of combustion allowed to escape into the atmosphere. This arrangement has not only been very objectionable and unhealthy to persons living in the neighborhood of the plant, but has been a wasteful process of reduction. In the rc duction and combustion of animal and vegetable matter, many valuable products are obtained', 'a'nd it is one of the objects of this invention to collect these products.

The apparatus possesses other advantageous; features which, with the foregoing, will beset forth at length in the following description, where I shall outline in full that form of embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. The noveltyof the invention will be included in the claims succeeding. said description.. From this itwill be-apparent that I do not restrict myself to the" showing made by such drawings and descriptions, as I may adopt manyvariations within the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the incinerator plant, several ot Specification of Letters'latent. Patented Apr, 28, 'v Application filed May 16, 1911. Serial No. 627,623. it

and drying hopper, the upper part being shown in section. v

The plant illustrated consists of anineinerator '2 having disposed upon the top 60 thereof a hopper or drying chamber. In none of the references are the two condensers or collecting chambers at and 5 shown. In order that one condenser, namely 4, be em f ployed so that it will receive the 'volatilized s matter, is necessary that the conductor 9 communicate with the same and that the. hopper or chamber 3 and the connection between the incinerator and chamber be; cut

ott'. By means of this construction themater al .m hopper 1s first thoroughly dried bei'ore discharge into the incinerator. Thus 11 it will be realized that there is no chancez for the gases resulting from the v0la'tili--.-. zation escaping into the inc'ineratorland 5 thence into the conductor 21, condenser 5 and through chimney 6. "After the materialisf dried inchamber 3 the same is dischargedinto the incinerator 2. Upon combustion 5 thereof the products of course, pass through .3 the conductor 21 and condenser 5 and are I ren'ioved in the condenser and thence escape; through the stack 6 first beingwashed thoroughly by the spray from nozzle23-sothat any uncollected products will pass into the-g5 chamber 26. Thus in applicants device, the volatilized matter is collected in'a separate chamber without-danger of the escape of gases resulting from volatilization into. the atmosphere. .\t the same time dried mate- 93 rial is being burned in the incinerator and the products of combustion treated in sep arate parts and collected in a separate com denser. In order to enable such action 'tobe carried out, the pipe 9 must'be arranged so 5 as to conununicate only with the-hopper or chamber 3. namely-pabnw the bottom provided by the slides T, and the pipe or condoctor 21 communicate only with the in'- cinerator 2, namely, below the slides 7. 19 Thus material is being incinerated and being dried simultaneously in separate parts-or chambers, namely, the incinerator and 3. Material is adapted to be dried in this chamber simultaneously with incineration of-ma- 1G terial in the incinerator 2, as more specifically set forth hereinafter.- From the drying chamber or hopper 3, the products of vclatilization are conducted to the condenser 4. The products of combustion are led to 11 and treated in separate condensers, as will be more definitely'described hereinafter.

'- on top of theincinerator 2 is the hopper- 3 into which the mi'terial' is placed and from which it enters theincinerator, Communication between the hopper and-theincinera tor is established .or cut off by means of the slides or shoes 7. which are operated by the levers 8, 'l he slides are constructed to allow heat from the incinerator. topass upwar into. thehopperwhen the slides are closed but to prevent the material in the hopper from entering the incinerator. Thematerial in the hopper is therefore thoroughly heated before it enters the incinerator. The effect of the heat is-to distil or drive off the" volatile matters which areconducted to the condensing chamber 4t throughthe pipe. 9. The material in the hopper is therefore dried before it enters the incinerator and the valuableproductsof distillation-are collected. From these products of distillation may be obtained alcohol, carbolic acid'and other substances.

To prevent the lzossof any of the volatilized matter, the hopper is provided with a cover 12 which is preferably hinged to the hopper.

' hopper.

The cover is provided with a de-- pendingflange 13 which engages in'a channel 14: around the rim of the hopper'which contains a quantity of water, thereby pro'-, vidi ng'an efiicient water seal.. The material to be destroyed is conveyed .to the floor 15 by. means of :1 slides down the inclined chute 17 into the This arrangement is not necessary however, and the material may be conveyed directly to the hopper.- When-the slides flare drawn outward the material from'nthe hopper fallsdown into-the incinerator where.

it is reduced by the process of combustion.

Combustion is preferablyv supported by means of fuel oil which is drawn" from the supply tank- 18 and entersthe incinerator through the pipe 19. v r

The products of the combus ionpassfrom the incinerator through the conductor -21 into the condensing chamber 5. The-con:v densing chamber is formed with a series of vertical walls 22, spaced apart alternately from the top and bottom of the condenser so that the products of'combustiompass through in a tortuous-course The areajof.

- the movement of the products of combustion supplies water to -ing the hopper,

conveyer 16, fromwhence'it inlet thereto is a spray nozzle 23 which projects a fan of water into the remaining products of combustion IGIIIOVlHg further products therefrom. The water sprays outward from the nozzle 23 so that all of the gases ,arethoroughly washed in the stack.

z'le 23 through the pipe 2 1 connected to a before they ascend Water is supplied to the 1102- supply ata sutlicient height, as the tank Thewater containing the products into thesettling chamber 26, whichis preferably provided with staggered vertical walls, in which'the products settle, to be removed when convenient. The tank 25 also the channel is surroundand to the water-back 2T flows surrounding the incinerator. The hot water vI desire it to be understood that I may makefsli-ghtchanges in the construction and arrangement and combination of,the

several parts, withih the-spirit andscope of.

the appended claims. Having thus fully vention, what I claim as new and desire to secure lay-Letters Patent is 1. A plant of the class described comprising an incinerator, a drying chamber directly over said. incinerator, a bottom closure member for the drying chamber upon which the material rests while drying normally closing communication b tween the drying chamber and the incinerator, said closure member being movable to permit discharge'of dried material a condenser for drying chamber, a condenser in communication with the-incinerator, said second condenser being separate from the first condenser and provided with bafile walls therein to .cause the products of combustion to follow a tortuous path, a stack leading from thefsecond' condenser, and a water spray in said stack. i

2. A plant of' the class described comprising an incinerator, a. dryingchamber di- ..1ectly over 531d. incinerator, a thin bottom closure ate for the drying chamber upon whicht e material rests while drying normally closing communication between the described my said inobtained from the water-back is -.us"ed for sanitary purposes about the plant.

from the dryingchamber to the incinerator, volatile products in communication with the drying chamber and .the incinerator, said;

I .glatefbeing movable'to permit discharge of the passage through the condenser s much larger than the area of. the conductorj 21 and ried material fromthe: drying chamber to the ;-incinerator, a condenser, a conductor in communication with-sail drying chamber and said condenser to conduct volatile pr0d-.'

nets to the condnsen-fa second. condenser, a second f'conductor, said second conductor.

leading from said incinerator to said'second spray in said vstack.

v cover device for said chamber, 51 plurality products in communication with the drying chamber, a condenser in communication with. the incinerator, .said second condenser 15 being separate from the first condenser, a stack leading from said second condenser,

a water spray in said stack. and a. settling chamber for sprayed material;

THOMAS E. WASLEY.

3. A plant of the class described compris- I mg an incinerator, a drying chamber mounted on and directly over said lnclnerator, a

of relatively slidable thin bottom closure plates for the drying chamber upon which the material rests while drying normally. closing communication between the drying chamber and the incinerator, said closure lates being slidable to permit discharge of dried material from the drying chamber to i 1 the incinerator, a condenser for volatile.

\Vitnesses W. C. KENNEDY, H. A. BLANCHARD. 

